Tsuyoshi Yoshitake

Tsuyoshi Yoshitake is one of those guys who makes you appreciate how much unseen labor goes into building a football culture. Born in 1981 in Mie Prefecture — not exactly a place you associate with soccer pedigree — he came of age right as Japan was catching the football fever of the 90s, watching the national team's heartbreaks and breakthroughs as a teenager, then quietly going out and trying to make a career of it himself. He went from Yokohama FC and Tokyo Verdy to the American USL and Hong Kong, and he never became a household name, but honestly? That's the story of most professional footballers. Someone has to be the guy who shows up to every training session, covers ground nobody films, and makes the team function. Mie to the pros is not a small leap. I respect the commitment it takes to chase that, especially when the spotlight finds someone else.

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Tsuyoshi Yoshitake is a Japanese former soccer player born on September 8, 1981, in Mie Prefecture, Japan. A midfielder, he played for Yokohama FC and Tokyo Verdy, then spent several seasons in the American USL with clubs such as the Charleston Battery before captaining Yokohama FC Hong Kong; he retired in 2015 and became a coach.

Name (English)

Tsuyoshi Yoshitake

Name (Japanese)

吉武剛

Reading

よしたけ つよし

Born

September 8, 1981 (age 45)

Origin

Mie Prefecture, Japan

Height

174cm

Occupation

Soccer player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Rooster

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%89%E6%AD%A6%E5%89%9B
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q965492

Tags

• From Mie Prefecture
• Soccer player

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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